"When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Mean Quotes #Two Quotes #Practice Quotes

“The cancer I don't have is everywhere now.”
“I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.”

Source : Robyn Davidson (1992). “From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
“When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people growing up in some way economically-challenged, not growing up with money. It was also even just the way we spoke. The vernacular. I learned that it's alright to say "ain't." My characters can speak the way they authentically are, and that makes for good story. It's not making for good story to make them speak proper English when nobody speaks like that on the playground.”
“Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.”
“I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant. I can smell it from here. It must offend a lot of people. That's the truth. But how many people have told you that? Instead, they either lie or try to avoid your company.”

Source : Robert Cormier (2013). “Tenderness”, p.32, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Weâ€™ll fight Pacquiao, Iâ€™ll stop this fight [Carlos Molina] to fight Pacquiao. What would I got to do?”
“True compassion is about not bruising the other personâ€™s self-respect.”
“I've always been open about who I am and my sexuality. So, it wasn't hard at all. If I can show that I'm out and I'm fine and everything's OK, then hopefully the younger generation will definitely feel the same way.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brittney Griner from Apr 18, 2013

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